Brian Godding

Brian Godding
Born (1945-08-19) 19 August 1945, Monmouth, South Wales
Origin Wales
Genres Pop music, jazz rock
Occupation(s) Musician, session musician, composer
Instruments guitar
Years active 1964 - present
Associated acts The Grave Diggers, The Ingoes, Blossom Toes, B. B. Blunder, Solid Gold Cadillac, Kevin Coyne, Magma, Mike Westbrook Orchestra, Centipede
Website lotsawatts.co.uk
Audio sample
"Blue Sun" from Slaughter on Shaftesbury Avenue
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Brian Godding (born 19 August 1945, Monmouth, South Wales) is a pop, rock and jazz guitarist. He was brought up, and has mostly lived, in London.

He has been a member of many rock, jazz and progressive rock bands, such as the Gravediggers, The Ingoes, Blossom Toes, B. B. Blunder, Solid Gold Cadillac, Magma, Centipede, The Mike Westbrook Orchestra and Full Monte.

As session or guest musician, he appeared on Julie Driscoll's 1969 album, Reg King's solo album, three albums by Kevin Coyne and Andrew Leigh's Magician album, as well as A Wish for a Season by Kind Hearts & English.

Godding is the brother-in-law of Julie Driscoll (now Julie Tippetts).

Reviews

Regarding his 1988 solo album Slaughter on Shaftesbury Avenue, Dave Wayne in the New Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock, said:

Intense jazz-rock fusion of the highest quality. Godding's guitar playing should please fans of McLaughlin and Holdsworth to no end. Heartily recommended to all fusion fans.[1]

Reviewing the same album for the Dorset Echo, Marco Rossi said:

Fans of Allan Holdsworth, John Etheridge and John McLaughlin had best be sitting down with a fortifying cuppa when they hear, by way of example, "Blue Sun" from Godding's 1988 album Slaughter on Shaftesbury Avenue - a warm-toned, hugely imaginative and wholly involving sound picture on which Godding conjures forth such a powerfully hypnotic extended intro that I actually jumped out of my seat when the drums came in.[2]

Discography

As leader

  • Slaughter on Shaftesbury Avenue (Reckless Records: RECK16, 1988)

As sideman

With Mike Westbrook

  • The Cortège (Original Records, 1982)
  • On Duke's Birthday (Hat ART, 1985)
  • Pierides (Jazzprint, 1986)
  • The Dance Band (Core, 1987)
  • London Bridge Is Broken Down (Virgin Venture, 1988)

With Kevin Coyne

With Centipede

References

  1. ↑ "New Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock GI-GO". www.gepr.net. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Singular talents". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
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